Aim: To tell someone about a memorable experience
Language ideas:
1.Introduction;
- Let me tell you about the time when…
- One of my most memorable experiences was when…
- I have a story about…
2. Explaining situations when / what / where / who;
- When I was a HS student I was…
- Last year / In the last winter vacation / In March…
- At the time of…
- In my hometown / In Akita prefecture / At the […] competition…
- Alone / By myself…
- With our … / my … / …
3. Explaining emotions when / what / where / who;
- I remember feeling …
- That experience was …
- It was such a wonderful / great / amazing …
4. Ending
- I will always remember …
- That was a memorable time / experience.
- It was important for me at that time.
Method: follow this guidline:
- every story needs an introduction and explanations and an ending [90%]
- use these sentences or write your own sentences
- use situation to explain time of experience
- use emotions to explain your response to an experience / behaviour and your feelings
- final step: give your opinion at any time of the story [10%]; there are two types a) personal opinion and b) general opinion
